Like so many Bauhaus objects, it is made of simple materials, in this instance wood. It uses pure geometric shapes and is painted in primary colours. Neil MacGregor examines a cradle designed by ...

If you’re thinking of upgrading your living room with a Bauhaus classic, like a Marcel Breuer Cesca chair, or setting decorative accents with a Wagenfeld lamp, you’ll have to reach deep into your ...

Senior Lecturer in German and History, King's College London At a time of political tension in Germany, the Bauhaus – arguably one of most influential architecture, art and design schools in the ...

For the first director and founder of the Bauhaus, Walter Gropius, this involved a close synthesis of the different disciplines in arts and handcrafts. Gropius felt everyday objects must be redesigned ...